Thursday, October 09, 2008

Dear Apple, please re-use this sturdy box

My replacement iPhone USB power adapter arrived, one of the many being recalled (http://www.apple.com/support/usbadapter/exchangeprogram/). Per the cover letter, the old one must be returned or I'll be charged for it, punching a hole in my "free adapter" (http://sumocats.blogspot.com/2008/09/free-iphone-3g-power-adapter.html) idea. No biggie. I don't need a spare.

The new adapter has tapered prongs and a green dot on it. Seems like they didn't sync that up very well since the dot is pretty redundant as a marker compared to the harder to replicate tapering.

Oh, one more thing, it ships in a box that is ten times bigger than the adapter. Warner Crocker (http://www.gottabemobile.com/Oversized+Packaging+Never+Ceases+To+Amaze+Me.aspx) was befuddled, and it struck me as odd too. However, the shipping box is also the return box, so it gets two uses right there. And I think, if we all do our parts and ask Apple to re-use those boxes (see my note to Apple), we can put even more miles on those boxes before they get trashed. Not sure about those adapters though.[+/-] Hide/Show Text[+/-] Hide/Show Text